All Property and Planning articles – Page 8
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NewsAmazon’s London expansion continues with Camden store
The e-commerce giant launched its first physical retail site outside North America in Ealing in March
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One Below aiming for 90 stores by the end of 2021
The business has already grown from about 60 stores before the pandemic to 75 now as retail vacancy rates provide expansion opportunities
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Russian discounter Mere aiming for 300 UK stores in 10 years
The hard discounter, which claims it will undercut Lidl and Aldi by 20%-30%, is determined to scale its UK presence
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‘Convenience discounter’ MaxiSaver eyes tripling of estate by year end
The retailer currently has eight stores in the Midlands, having first launched last August
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Ocado expansion plans dealt major blow by High Court
Ocado took Islington Council to court over opposition to its new delivery spoke in the area
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Sainsbury’s opens two new Neighbourhood Hub stores
Sainsbury’s latest Neighbourhood Hubs have opened in London and Kent
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Co-op to open seventh university franchise store in Keele
The new store will be run by Keele University Students’ Union
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Sainsbury’s begins construction of new flagship store in Hendon
The retailer’s current Hendon branch is set to remain open until the new store is completed
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Henderson Group opens 300th Spar store in Northern Ireland
The store opened last week in County Tyrone
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Nisa retailer Amacor Capital adds 13th store to fast-growing portfolio
The newest site, in Hebden Bridge, will continue to trade under a Nisa Local fascia, meaning customers will be unaffected by the handover
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Appleby Westward triples size of Wessex Retail subdivision in under two years
The Spar wholesaler currently has 22 stores trading under the subsidiary, after starting off with just seven in December 2019
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Comment & Opinion
Tesco’s Metro closures reflect its failure to reinvent the format. What’s next?
The writing has been on the wall since Tesco launched a review of its Metro lineup two years ago
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Amazon opens fourth checkout-free Fresh store, in Canary Wharf
Amazon has opened new Fresh stores in the capital at a rate of one every 19 days
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Tesco scraps Metro format blaming shift in customer habits
In August 2019, the supermarket announced it was carrying out a major overhaul of Metro
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Rates overtaking rent as biggest retail property cost
Business rates are currently based on open market rents in 2015, but values have plummeted since
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New discounter Mere looking for landlords across the UK
The Russian-founded chain has published a wish list of UK locations
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AF Blakemore to close Hastings depot ahead of £15m Bedford site opening
AF Blakemore is now managing the controlled changeover from Hastings to the new Bedford DC
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Woods Foodservice expands into fresh with new depot
The unit is on same Uxbridge industrial estate as its existing warehouse
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Hospitality calls on government to make landlords write off half of lockdown rent debt
UKHospitality CEO Kate Nicholls has written to communities secretary Robert Jenrick calling for the government to mandate ‘the sharing of pain’
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Lidl asked landlord for ‘Covid clause’ in event of future lockdowns
The discounter is understood to have argued it should get a rent concession in future lockdowns on the grounds it could be negatively affected by the closure of nearby non-essential shops
